Wagon-body scale.



H. N. R. HEIN.

WAGON BODY SCALE. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 19. m5.

1 ,1 86,396. Patented June 6, 1916.

HUGO N. R. HEIN, 0F ECHO, MINNESOTA.

WAGON-BODY SCALE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J one 6, 1916.

Application filed November'19, 1915. Serial No. 62,356.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO X. R. HEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Echo, in the county of Yellow Medicine and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vagon- Body Scales; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in wagon body scales.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of wagon body scales and to provide a simple, practical, and

efiicient scale of this character adapted. to a be readily applied to the running gear of a 'wagon' and capable of receiving a box or other form of body and equipped with weighing mechanism adapted to be readily thrown into and out of operation so that the weighing mechanism will not be subjected to the weight of the wagon box and the load except during weighing operation.

\Yith these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullvdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, pro portion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. v

In the drawing 'Figure 1 is a plan view of a wagon body'scale constructed in'accordance with this invention, Fig. 2is a side elevation of the same, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, Fig. 4 is a detail. sectional view. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view illustrating the arrangement of the cam. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view on the line 66 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference designate correspondingparts in the several figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, the wagon body scale comprises in its construction an oblong frame 1 composed of side bars :2, and transverse con-' necting bars 3, the side bars being provided at their terminals with lower notches 4 adapted to receive the'bolsters of a running 1 gear so that the frame will fit between the stakes thereof. The rectangular frame is provided at its end bars with inwardly extending loops 5 adapted to receive the outer terminals of diagonally arranged levers 8 arranged similar to the platform levers of an ordinary scale and connected at their adjacent ends 9 with a centrally arranged transverse lever 10 fulcrumed at one end on a loop 11 having a suitable knife edge similar to the loops at the ends of the frame and the other end of the centrally arranged transverse lever extendsthrough a slot 12 in the opposite side of the frame of the scale. The end 13 which projects outwardly through the slot .is connected with a weighing beam 11- mounted on the frame at the exterior thereof and fulcrumed at 15. In practice a suitable housing will be provided for the weighing beam which is equipped with the usual weight and graduations but as the particular construction of the weighing beam does not constitute a portion of the present invention and as any form of weighing beam may be employed further description of the same is deemed unnecessary. The platform or diagonally arranged levers 8 carry transverse shafts 16 journaled in suitable bearings of the said levers and located at the end portions of the weighing mechanism and provided with cams 17 arranged in pairs at the terminal portions of the said transverse shafts and adapted to be rotated and engaged with a wagon body, not shown whereby the wagon body will be supported upon the weighing mechanism. 'The shafts 16 art extended at oneend through slots'l8 of t e adjacent side of the frame of the scale and the extended ends of the shaft are equipped with levers 19 having dogs or dctents 20 adapted to engage teeth of segments 21. The toothed segments are mounted on sleeves suitably fixed to the adjacent diagonal levers and extending through the slots 21 of the adjacent side of the frame. The sleeves'are relatively fixed and secure the shafts in their rotary adjustment and they are adapted to operate in the slots 21 of the side of the frame. The levers are adapted to be swung upwardly and downwardly to raise and lower the wagon body or box and in weighing operations, the wheels of the running gear, not shown, may be removed to arrange the running gear on the ground.

It will be seen that the scale is exceedingly 2 incense simple and inexpensive in construction and above the upper edges of the frame to supthat it isin convenient position for ready port a Wagon body on the Weighing mechause at all times a Vhat is claimed is:- said shafts being extended at one end 40 5 I. A scale of the class described. includthrough the adjacent side of the frame and ing a frame adapted to he placed on the provided with operating levers, relatively running gear of a vehicle, weighing mecha-- fixed toothed segments located adjacent to nism mounted on the frame end including the lovers and. pawls or dogs carried by the longitudinally disposed levers located. Withlevers for engaging the toothed segments to 45 in the frame, transverse shafts mounted on secure the shafts in their rotary adjustment.

the lovers and rovided with means adopted 4. A scale of the class described including to be projecte" shove the frame support e substantially oblong frame adapted to be a- Wagon body or the like upon the Weigh arranged upon a running gear and composed ing mechanism and means for rotating the of SI'MLCQCl sides and ends, diagonally ar- 50 16 shaft to lift a we on bod I from the frame ran ed levers fulcrumcd' at the ends of the and replace it thereon. I frame, a centrally arranged transversely dis- 2. scale 01' the class described inciudm a oscd lever fulcrumed at one side of the t: frame adeoted to be 'olaced on the runnin frame end connected at a oint intermee A r a p I a I gear of a vehicle, weighinr mechanism diate of-its ends with the said diagonally 56 20 mounted on the frame and including longiarranged levers and extended through the the upper edges of t ing a frame adapted to be plan 6. In testimony whereof I aflix my signatudinally disposed levers located. Within the opposite side of the frame, a weighing ralne, transverse shafts mounted on. the beam connected with the transverse lever, rigitudlnally disposed levers and provided transverse shafts mounted on the diagonal it] W spaced cams arranged to pro above levers, and provided with cams arranged to project above the upper edges of the-frame i A to support a Wagon body or bed abovcthe and upon the We ghing mechanism and same and on the weighing inechanism'rnd means for rotating the shafts. means for securing the shafts in their rescale of the class descrihcd incl'udtary adjustment.

n ng gear of a veh ture in presence of two witnesse longitudinally dispo HUGO HEINY 1n the frame, transverse shafts ted on Witnesses:

35 the longitudinally disposed levers and pro- F. W. SOMMEBFELD,

vide with means adapted to be projected H. H. SOMMERFELD. 

